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Record 14 bishops to attend March for Life UK (National Catholic Register)

March for Life UK announced that a record 14 bishops, led by Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster, will take part in the march this year.

“It is hard to think of another event, or cause, that receives this level of support from the hierarchy of the Church,” organizers said in a statement. “Their presence demonstrates the primary importance that the Church places on this key and fundamental issue.”

Sri Lanka bars travel by former leader as investigation into Easter bombings accelerates (AsiaNews)

A court in Sri Lanka has imposed a travel ban on the country’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as part of a renewed investigation into the Easter Sunday Bombings that killed 269 people and injured more than 500 others in 2019.

Rajapaksa, who was forced to resign in 2022, is one of several prominent political figures who have come under suspicion in the probe. The court placed also placed travel restrictions on an army colonel and a former intelligence officer. Earlier this year the former head of the government’s intelligence bureau was arrested on conspiracy charges.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, who in the past had charged that leading government officials were blocking any effective investigation into the Easter bombings, said in April that the new government was more interested in “searching for the truth,” although “some officials of the so-called ‘deep state’ are trying to obstruct the smooth conduct of the investigation.”

Help lead society to a God-centered life, Pope tells German Catholic students (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV told members of German Catholic student associations today that “human beings are always seeking God, and he has revealed himself to us as our Saviour.”

Jun. 5 Memorial of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, Memorial

The Church celebrates the Memorial St. Boniface (c. 673-680-754). Boniface was a monk of Exeter in England. Boniface is one of the great figures of the Benedictine Order and of the monastic apostolate in the Middle Ages. Gregory II sent him to preach the Gospel in Germany. He evangelized Hesse, Saxony and Thuringia and became Archbishop of Mainz. He well earned the title of Apostle of Germany, and Catholic Germany in our own times still venerates him as its father in the faith. He was put to death by the Frisians at Dokkum in 754 during the last of his missionary journeys. The famous abbey of Fulda, where his body lies, has remained the national shrine of Catholic Germany.

U.S. Bishops Echo Pope Leo’s Concern of AI Use in War

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Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers

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Italian Bishop’s Call to Evangelize Muslims Wins Support From Converts’ Network

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Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?

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Beauteous Truth: Love, Reason and Imagination

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Hero Priest Tackles Suspect and Helps Woman After Hit-and-Run in Detroit

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